Kentucky down, Louisville up in new AP basketball poll
The Associated Press Top 25 underwent a massive shakeup Monday in the wake of 14 Top 25 teams losing games last week.
The changes brought a big drop for Kentucky and a major move up for Louisville.
For Kentucky, defeats at unranked Tennessee and at home vs. No. 2 Kansas, dropped the Wildcats from No. 4 to No. 8.
Louisville rose from No. 13 to No. 6 on the strength of blowout victories over ACC foes Pittsburgh and North Carolina State.
Last week’s No. 1, defending national champion Villanova, dropped to No. 4 after a Big East loss to Marquette.
Gonzaga (22-0) vaulted from No. 3 to No. 1. Baylor moved from No. 5 to No. 2, and Kansas fell to No. 3 after losing at West Virginia then winning at Kentucky.
Arizona filled out the top five, moving up from No. 7 last week.
The Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record | Pts | Prv | |
1. Gonzaga (46) | 22-0 | 1594 | 3 |
2. Baylor (6) | 20-1 | 1504 | 5 |
3. Kansas (9) | 19-2 | 1503 | 2 |
4. Villanova (4) | 20-2 | 1479 | 1 |
5. Arizona | 20-2 | 1387 | 7 |
6. Louisville | 18-4 | 1237 | 13 |
7. West Virginia | 17-4 | 1101 | 18 |
8. Kentucky | 17-4 | 1083 | 4 |
9. Virginia | 16-4 | 1061 | 12 |
10. Wisconsin | 18-3 | 1058 | 15 |
11. UCLA | 19-3 | 993 | 8 |
12. North Carolina | 19-4 | 965 | 9 |
13. Oregon | 19-3 | 863 | 10 |
14. Cincinnati | 19-2 | 756 | 19 |
15. Florida State | 18-4 | 727 | 6 |
16. Butler | 18-4 | 717 | 11 |
17. Maryland | 19-2 | 518 | 22 |
18. Saint Mary’s | 19-2 | 409 | 21 |
19. South Carolina | 17-4 | 384 | 23 |
20. Notre Dame | 17-5 | 363 | 14 |
21. Duke | 16-5 | 339 | 17 |
22. Creighton | 19-3 | 307 | 16 |
23. Purdue | 17-5 | 264 | 20 |
24. Florida | 16-5 | 213 | 25 |
25. Northwestern | 18-4 | 106 | _ |
Others receiving votes: SMU 69, Xavier 67, Southern Cal 29, Wichita State 8, Akron 5, Middle Tennessee 5, VCU 3, Illinois State 2, New Mexico State 2, Virginia Tech 2, Iowa State 1, Utah 1.
This story was originally published January 30, 2017 at 12:20 PM with the headline "Kentucky down, Louisville up in new AP basketball poll."